Official Name: | Kozarišče |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Inner Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Littoral–Inner Carniola |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Loška Dolina |
Area Total Km2: | 43.76 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 241 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.686°N 14.4749°W |
Elevation M: | 579.6 |
Kozarišče (in Slovenian pronounced as /kɔˈzaːɾiʃtʃɛ/, in older sources Kozaršče,[2] German: Kosarsche,[2] Italian: Cosarsca[3] [4]) is a village south of Stari Trg pri Ložu in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The area of the village extends south of the main settlement right to the Snežnik Plateau and to the border with Croatia.[5] Snežnik Castle, a 13th-century castle, is located just southwest of the village.
The local church in the settlement dates to the mid-16th century and is dedicated to Saint Benedict and belong to the Parish of Stari Trg pri Ložu.[6]
Kozarišče is the site of two known mass graves associated with the Second World War. The Kozlovka Cave Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Jama Kozlovka) is located in a spruce woods along the road from Kozarišče to Knežak. It is a 56m (184feet) deep shaft that contains the remains of Slovene anticommunist militia members.[7] The Grobnica Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Grobnica) is located in the forest southwest of the settlement. It contains an undetermined number of victims.[8]